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Gay Marriage Now A State-By-State Battle
After this week's Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage, supporters and opponents are turning their attention to individual states, where several legislatures are expected to take up the issue.
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Costa Rica 'accidentally' legalises gay marriage
The Costa Rican Legislative Assembly 'accidentally' passed a bill earlier this week that could lead to the legalisation of gay marriage, it has emerged. Conservative lawmakers voted for the bill to pass but later realised that a change in the language could allow gay marriage.
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Gay tourists could face jail following new anti-gay law in Russia
In a total ‘screw you’ to progress, Vladimir Putin has signed an unspecific bill into law, punishing people for “homosexual propaganda” which could include holding hands in public, or a fondness of rainbows. The law could see tourists being jailed for up to two weeks for anything that is deemed to be pro-gay.
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Same-sex marriage legalized in England, Wales
British lawmakers have approved a bill that makes gay marriage legal in England , Wales.
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Top 15 gay marriage memes
Some of the best gay marriage memes in light of the recent DOMA ruling.
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Children Raised By Gay Couples 'Happier And Healthier'
Children brought up by gay couples are healthier and get along better with their families, according to the initial findings from the world's largest study on the children of same-sex parents. The research, which studied the wellbeing of 500 children in Australia, found that the self-esteem of children and the amount of time they spent with their parents was no different from the rest of the population.
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Oxford English Dictionary will change the entry for 'marriage' to include gay people
Language experts at the Oxford English Dictionary said the definition did not change overnight but they will monitor how the word marriage changes over the next year.
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Vancouver bars boycott Russian vodka after anti-gay law passed
Several bars and pubs in Vancouver’s West End have either pulled all the Russian vodka off their menus or are planning to after the popular Fountainhead pub on Davie Street began a boycott Tuesday to protest a new anti-gay law in Russia.
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Gay Bars' Ban on Russian Vodka Is Going Global
What started out as Dan Savage's pledge against consuming Russian vodka is now a movement that has gay bars all around the world, from Vancouver to London, dumping Russian vodka to show their displeasure with the country's treatment of gay people.
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Russian lawmaker: We will arrest gay athletes, tourists at 2014 Olympic Games
A Russian lawmaker has said the ‘gay propaganda’ law will remain enforced during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014. Vitaly Milonov, co-sponsor of the ‘non-traditional relationships’ bill, said the government cannot decide when to selectively enforce the law.
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Why You Should Buy a Home in a Gay Neighborhood
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Asking prices on homes are rising as much as two-thirds as fast in gay-friendly urban neighborhoods as in U.S. cities as a whole, property-listing site Trulia.com says.
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Other items that make more sense to boycott than Stoli
Gay bars across the world are taking a stand against Russia's recent anti-gay laws by swearing off Stolichnaya, a brand of Russian vodka made from wheat and rye. But there are some pretty good arguments for why the boycott is misguided. Despite its Russian roots, not all Stoli is produced in Russia. There are two companies...
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Why Is Russia So Homophobic?
Communist-era justifications for bigotry don't make sense anymore. What's behind lawmakers' opposition to gays?
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Gay skater Johnny Weir: I’m prepared to be arrested at Winter Olympics
Gay Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir has said that he does not plan to campaign for LGBT rights or even openly kiss his Russian-born husband at the games in Sochi, but that he is prepared to be arrested by Russian authorities. The flamboyant athlete and reality TV star told CBS News that he is uncertain whether he will even be allowed into the country to compete.
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In Jamaica, transgender teen murdered by mob
Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.
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Canada to favour refugee claims by gay Russians
Canada’s refugee board is likely to look favourably on claims of persecution by gay asylum-seekers from Russia, the Immigration Minister says. Chris Alexander said Monday in Surrey, B.C., that Russia has taken the wrong path in restricting the fundamental rights of its gay community, and that any refugee claims “related to this particular issue will of course be looked at very seriously by our very generous system.”
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Wentworth Miller Comes Out -- I'm Gay ... And I'm Stickin' It to Vladimir Putin
"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller has just revealed he's a gay man ... in a statement that reads as a giant "F YOU" to Russia.
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How a gay blogger is tweeting politicians out of the closet
Tweets are now Michael Rogers's medium for muckraking. They’re “like jabs.”
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Airline sorry for 'I am gay' luggage message
An airline has apologised after a passenger found the message 'I am gay' slapped across his luggage in giant letters.
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Same sex marriage bill passed in Australia
The ACT has been declared the “rainbow territory’’ after the Legislative Assembly passed a bill to establish Australia’s first same-sex marriage scheme.
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